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Ripeanu et. al. – “Gifting Technologies: A Bittorrent Case Study”

Posted by justin on March 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Ripeanu, Matei et. al. “Gifting Technologies: A Bittorrent Case Study.” First Monday 11.11 (2006). 2/15/2010. Ripeanu et.al. set out to discuss how gifting economies work in sharing communities operating bittorrent as their distribution platform. To address the problem of freeriding in these bittorrent communities, the authors provide two options: 1) provide incentives as direct rewards to members for sharing resources or; 2) consider... Read More

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